2006Final results
2006 election for Texas House District 70
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Ken Paxton (R) won with 69.0% of the vote, defeating Rick Koster (D) by 40.9 points.
Ken PaxtonRepublican · winner · incumbent
69.0%30,062
Rick KosterDemocrat
28.2%12,265
Robert R. VirasinLibertarian
2.8%1,222
43,549 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET